National Industrial Training Authority choir entertains guests during the inauguration ceremony for its 3rd sector training committee in Athi river on 24th January 2025.[FILE] Twenty-three girls have graduated from the KAWI Green Africa programme after a thorough training of how to install and maintain home solar systems and clean cookstoves. They spent several months learning at the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) in Athi River and graduated at the Green Africa Foundation grounds in Kitui County. The graduates are now ready to help light up homes with solar energy and promote clean cooking in their communities. The training was sponsored…
Author: By Philip Muasya
The late Raila Odinga body lands in Kisumu.[PCS] The fallen former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who sought Kenya’s presidency five times without success, leaves behind a political legacy intertwined with resilience and alliances. For the country’s youthful generation that witnessed Kenya’s last three bruising presidential elections, they will most certainly remember that Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka stood shoulder to shoulder with Raila, twice as his running mate, through the country’s most turbulent moments. Unlock the Full Story — Join Thousands of Informed Kenyans Today Unlock the Truth Now 》 Unlimited access to all premium content Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience…
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka during a tour of Sultan Hamud and Emali, Makueni county, on June 6, 2025. [File, Standard] After postponing touring Ukambani three times, President William Ruto is now set to tour the three counties in the region, in what is billed as a development tour ahead of Mashujaa Day Celebrations on October 20. According to a schedule that is being circulated by some of the UDA allied MPs from the region, the president is expected to kick off his whirlwind tour of the region on Wednesday starting with Mwingi West where he is expected to inspect the…
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka during a tour of Sultan Hamud and Emali, Makueni county, on June 6, 2025. [File, Standard] Five opposition senators have told President William Ruto to drop his bid to woo Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka into his government. Senators Joe Nyotu (Murang’a), Enoch Wambua (Kitui), John Kinyua (Laikipia), John Methu (Nyandarua) and Karungo Thangwa (Kiambu) said the opposition’s train had left the station, with their sole focus being to remove President Ruto from power in 2027. Speaking at Kyondoni Primary School in Kitui County during Senator Wambua’s declaration of interest for Kitui gubernatorial seat, the leaders vowed…
Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka speaks during the inauguration service of the new Bishop Patrick Munuve at ACK All Souls Cathedral in Machakos town on May 18, 2025. [John Muia, Standard] Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has accused President William Ruto of orchestrating an intimidation and harassment campaign against opposition leaders, allegedly in preparation to steal the 2027 presidential election. Speaking at Tsekuru in Kitui county during the burial of his uncle Mzee Mburu Mairu, Kalonzo claimed that the president had panicked as the opposition coalesced together to unseat him. While highlighting the recent tribulations of Trans-Nzoia governor George Natembeya…
Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua addresses faithful at Gospel Confirmation Centre in Machakos town, on March 2, 2025. [John Muia, Standard] Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua has reaffirmed the opposition’s commitment to stick together in their resolve to unseat President William Ruto in the 2027 presidential elections. Wambua who addressed the Press in Kitui town said that the opposition leaders, including Wiper’s Kalonzo Musyoka, former Deputy President and DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua, DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa, former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i will forge a united front and nominate one presidential candidate to face off with President Ruto on the ballot. “If we…
Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang’i and Eugene Wamalwa during a thanks giving ceremony at Wamunyoro in Nyeri County on May 04, 2025. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and Eugene Wamalwa (DAP-K) have slammed President William Ruto for allegedly attempting to control the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ahead of the 2027 elections. The two leaders, who spoke on Friday at Nzeluni village in Kitui County during the funeral of the late Kariobangi North MCA Joel Munuve, described the President as a threat to democracy and national stability. They lamented that Ruto had single-handedly constituted the…
Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang’i and Eugene Wamalwa during a thanks giving ceremony at Wamunyoro in Nyeri County on May 04, 2025. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and Eugene Wamalwa (DAP-K) have slammed President William Ruto for allegedly attempting to control the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ahead of the 2027 elections. The two leaders, who spoke on Friday at Nzeluni village in Kitui County during the funeral of the late Kariobangi North MCA Joel Munuve, described the President as a threat to democracy and national stability. They lamented that Ruto had single-handedly constituted the…
The government will in the next three weeks deploy police officers to the eight police stations constructed by the Kitui county government along the bandit-stricken border with Tana River County. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said this during an interview with media team at a Kitui hotel on Thursday on his Jukwaa la Usalama tour in Lower Eastern region. He said that the deployment will bolster security and ensure that the facilities, which have remained unused for months, are fully functional and serve wananchi. The CS lauded Governor Julius Malombe for putting up the police infrastructure, saying they will go…